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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1933

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Mining Dispute Ended Washington

Northern Star · Monday 18 September 1933 · page 5

Peace in the two-months-old soft coal mining dispute was assured to-night when the United Mine Workers of America and the operators of the…

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Record Gold Price LONDON

Northern Star · Tuesday 19 September 1933 · page 7

Gold was quoted at the record price of £6 11s 9d an ounce to-day and the dollar, in relation to sterling, reached 4/77½, the highest…

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Latest Telegrams. New Gold Find. 34ozs. to the Ton! Kalgoorlie

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 19 September 1933 · page 2

Great excitement was caused here yesterday, when two prospectors brought in four bars of gold, weighing 1660ozs., to the Bank of N.S.W…

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Last Week's Answers The Coal Merchant

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 September 1933 · page 13

A rise of 6d a sack increases reeipts by £5. Hence the number of sacks equals the number of sixpences in £5, that is 200. Therefore each…

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The Eternal Lure of Gold 1000 Miles of the Roughest Motor Travelling in Australia Townsville-batavia River Goldfields

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 September 1933 · page 12

Leaving Townsville on April 6 we arrived at Ingham over very boggy roads at 5 p.m. We left Ingham on April 8 and arrived at the foot of…

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Gold Countries May Have to Change Policy LONDON

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 September 1933 · page 7

The "Financial Times" states that if the dollar maintains a degree of stability at or around the present level and sterling also maintained the…

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Gold Fever in America Dollar Declines Persistent Rumors of Further Inflation Prices Begin to Soar

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 20 September 1933 · page 3

NEW YORK, Monday:--Feverish activity in gold, the further decline of the American dollar abroad, and persistent rumors that President Roosevelt will be forced to take further inflationary steps forced prices up here and on all…

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The Future of Gold

Tweed Daily · Friday 22 September 1933 · page 2

There is no subject in which interest is so keen and of which misunderstanding is so rife as that of the future of gold. To the layman…

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Coal Agreement Signed Washington

Northern Star · Saturday 23 September 1933 · page 7

The seven weeks' negotiations between the United Mineworkers on America fend the bituminous coal operators on the Appalaching field…

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"Repudiation of Gold Clause" Dollar Bonds Strong Criticism of Australia

Tweed Daily · Saturday 23 September 1933 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday:--Mr. F. R. Shortis, formerly Vice-President of the Guarantee Trust Company of New York, has sent a letter to Mr…

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Lismore Dog Scores Kyogle Gold Cup KYOGLE

Northern Star · Monday 25 September 1933 · page 8

The Cup meeting conducted by the Kyogle Coursing Club to mark the conclusion of the season was voted the most successful held on the North…

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Gold at Drake

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 26 September 1933 · page 3

It has been stated on reliable authority that an official assay of ore from the reef of Gough's Gully mine, Drake, owned by Mr. F. West, at the…

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Record Price Gold Reaches £8310 OX. Sydney

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 26 September 1933 · page 2

The current price of gold in Australia is the highest on record, and exceeds the previous highest price, established a few weeks ago, by 28…

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Gold Cup Inspected Melbourne Centenary Air Derby

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 27 September 1933 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday:--Members of the Centenary Publicity Committee to-day inspected the gold cup presented for the Air Race by Sir…

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200 Miners Entombed TOKIO

Northern Star · Thursday 28 September 1933 · page 6

An explosion in the Yamada coal mine at Kyushiu last night trapped 200 miners, of whom 15 were killed. The others were rescued, many of them…

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15 Miners Killed Disaster in Japan

Tweed Daily · Thursday 28 September 1933 · page 3

TOKIO, Wednesday:--An explosion occurred in the Yamata coal mine at Kyushiu, trapping 200 miners. Fifteen were killed and many seriously hurt…

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Return to Gold Standard? American Plan New York

Northern Star · Thursday 28 September 1933 · page 7

The "Times" Washington representative states that the devaluation of the gold content of the dollar and its stabilisation with the…

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Hydrogenated Petrol Treating Of Bituminous Coal

Tweed Daily · Saturday 30 September 1933 · page 6

Some interesting facts in reference to the hydrogenation of bituminous of bituminous coal were revealed at the world's petroleum Conference, recently held in…

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DARING Theft Jewels; Gold Lone Wolf Operates

Tweed Daily · Saturday 30 September 1933 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday-- One of the most carefully planned robberies carried out in Melbourne for many years…

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Petrol From Coal British Capital in N.Z. Project

Tweed Daily · Saturday 30 September 1933 · page 5

WELLING TON, Friday:--Representatives of a company with a capital of £610,100 in London, which is contemplating the establishment of works on…

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